Apparatus for use as shower bath for sprinkling the breasts



Feb. 11, 1930.

A. MANTELET APPARATUS FOR USE AS SHOWER BATH FOR SPRINKLING THE BREASTS Filed April 21, 1927 Patented Feb, 11, 1930 PATENT FFlCE ALEXIS IVIANTELET, OF PARIS, FRANCE APPARATUS FOR USE AS SHOWER BATH F03 SPRINKLING THE BREASTS Application filed April 21, 1927, Serial No. 185,574, and in France May 11, 1926.

Apparatus designed to be used for sprinkling the breasts with cold water in the manner of a shower bath, with the object of preserving the due proportion of their shape,

have already been proposed. in these apparatus the water is generally ejected by means of a circular sprinkling device. Now this device which protects perfectly the delicate mammillae is objectionable on the one hand because its perforations are easily obstructed and on the other hand because they eject water jets having such a high ejecting strength that they produce an exaggerated massage of the muscular fibres of the mammary glands.

My invention has for its object an apparatus designed to be used as a shower bath for the breasts designed to obviate these defects, its construction being such that any obstruction is rendered impossible and that it delivers alarger quantity of water with a reduced ejecting strength. In this apparatus, the ejection takes place in a continuous regular annular sheet which strikes exclusively against the circumference of the breast where the mammary glands are situated, in such a manner as to act in a suitable manner upon their muscular fibres and at the same time to n protect effectively the mammilla. The amplitude and the force of the annular sheet of water ejected in this manner and the delivery of which is evidently greater than that of several jets'may be regulated at will by the user. These advantages are obtained essentially owing to a new application to apparatus of the kind above describe-d of a tubular coupling the outlet of which is more or less closed by means of a movable cone constituting the ejecting means which may be adjusted in position.

The accompanying drawing shows by way of example a mode of construction of an apparatus designed to act as shower bath for the breasts according to the present inven tion.

Fig. 1 is a longitudinal sectional view of same.

Fig. 2 is a corresponding sectional plan View (the supply pipe being omitted).

, first element. The frame a is provided with Fig. 3 is a longitudinal sectional view on a larger scale of the sprinkler coupling.

As will be seen in the drawing, the apparatus comprises substantially a support a which may be held in the hand, a supply pipe I) of ordinary construction, a sprinkling coupling a and a screen cZ designed to protect the adjoining points and eventually the clothes and also to collect and direct the falling water.

The support a is made of small metal tubing. It comprises two elements, a vertical annular part a designed to be positioned around the breast and a horizontal frame a frictionally engage-d upon tenons provided in the a fiat transverse part 6 provided with a hole and carrying the connection with the screw of the coupling piece 0 constituting the sprinkler with another bent coupling 7 placed, at the end of the water supply pipe 6.

As will be seen in Fig. 3, the sprinkler comprises a frame 0 of any appropriate shape, provided with a threaded collar 0 and with a milled ring 0 for screwing provided axially with two cylindrical inlet and outlet bores g, 72, respectively which are connected together by a conical part, the space it is also provided at its extremity with a flaring cone 2'. The diffusing cone Z is carried by a screw is which passes through a part of reduced thickness preferably ring shaped secured in the inlet bore 9, the cone itself being tightly screwed upon said screw preferably in such a manner as to allow of its being changed or replaced.

It will be easily understood that the apparatus which has just been described allows of thewater being ejected in a continuous and uniform annular sheet which surrounds the conical surface formed by the extension of cone Z and which consequently will not reach the mammilla. t will also be understood that owing to the large delivery the power of ejection will not be excessive but will nevertheless produce a more continuous and less violent massage of the muscular fibres. J

Lastly it will be seen that by bringing the cone Z nearer to the opening 6 or by drawing it away from same to allow of manipulating the screw is by means of the cone itself a dispersion of varying extent of the threads of liquid will be obtained. The most reduced delivery of the apparatus may be controlled by means of a sleeve n concentric to a spindle 7c bearing upon the ring y and upon which the cone Z abuts.

Consequently the apparatus constructed according to my invention allows of sprinkling abundantly the muscular fibres of the mammary glands on the periphery of the breast by a continuous sheet of water thus producing the best possible effect without any danger of reaching the mammilla.

Having now described and ascertained the nature of my invention, I declare that what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States is 1. In a breast douche, a support adapted to be manually held, a supply tube for washing fluid, a sprinkler coupling branched upon the said supply tube and adapted to eject an annular jet of fluid, a diffusing cone in front of the coupling, a protective screen, means to control the position of the diffusing cone relatively to the coupling, and means to secure the coupling in the support, the ejection of the fluid taking place in a continuous regular annular sheet of large volume and low velocity.

2. A breast douche comprising a support adapted to be manually held, a supply tube for washing fluid, a coupling branched upon the supply tube and sending forth an annular jet of fluid, a diffusing cone in front of the coupling, a protective screen, a tubular ring carrying the protective screen, a horizontal frame engaging frictionally upon lugs of the said tubular ring, a transverse part connected to both sides of the frame to support the sprinkler coupling and means to control the position of the difiusing cone relatively to the opening of the coupling, ejection of said fluid taking place in a continuous regular annular sheet of large volume and low velocity.

3. A breast douche comprising a support adapted to be manually held, a supply tube for washing fluid, a sprinkler coupling branched upon the supply tube, a threaded collar for coupling the sprinkler upon the coupling carried by the fluid supply tube, a cylindrical inlet bore in the sprinkler coupling, a second bore of smaller diameter in the said coupling, a conical member connecting both bores on the inlet side, a conical diverging member forming an extension to the bore on the outlet side, a diffusing cone in front of the sprinkler coupling, a protective screen, a tubular ring carrying the said protective screen, a transverse member connected to both sides of the frame to carry the sprinkler coupling, and means for controlling the position of the diffusing cone relatively to the opening of the coupling, ejection of fluid taking place in a continuous regular annular sheet of large volume and low velocity.

4;. A breast douche comprising a support adapted to be manually held, a supply tube for washing fluid, a sprinkler coupling ejecting an annular jet of water branched upon the supply tube, a screw-threaded collar adapted to connect the sprinkler coupling with the coupling carried by the fluid supply tube, a cylindrical inlet bore in the sprinkler coupling, a second bore of smaller diameter in the said coupling, a conical member connecting both bores at the inlet side, a diverging conical member forming an extension of the bore on the outlet side, a diffusing cone in front of the sprinkler coupling, a controlling screw carried upon the diffusing cone, a ring arranged in the inlet bore and constituting a nut for the screw, a sleeve upon the screw against which the diffusion cone abuts, a protective screen, a tubular ring carrying the protective screen, a horizontal frame connected to the tubular ring and a transverse part connected to both sides of the frame to support the sprinkler coupling, ejection of fluid taking place in a continuous regular annular sheet of large volume and low velocity.

5. An apparatus of the character described comprising a breast-encircling ring, a U-shaped handle having detachable connection with the ring, a flat transverse bar extending across the handle, a liquid supply tube and a nozzle both connected together and supported by the bar, said nozzle having an internally coned end, an adjustable cone in said end to produce a continuous sheet-like spray outwardly directed toward the base of the breast, and a shield surrounding the jet and handle and confining the jet and receiving and directing spent liquid from the breast. In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention, I have signed my name.

ALEXIS MANTELET. 

